📏 Form Guide

Athlone

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Athlone won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 2-0 First Division defeat last time out to Cobh Ramblers.

Shane Griffin (90') scored for Cobh Ramblers.

It’s not been often in recent times that Athlone have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Athlone have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 10 goals on the way.

Finn Harps

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Finn Harps will come into the encounter following a 5-0 First Division win to beat Bray Wanderers in their previous game.

The only name on the scoresheet from Finn Harps was Mikey Place (40').

The stats tell the story, and Finn Harps have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 9 goals in total. In defence, Finn Harps can certainly do much better. Previous results aside, it remains to be seen whether that pattern will be maintained in this upcoming match or not.

Ahead of this meeting, Finn Harps are without an away win for the past 6 league matches.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their prior head to head clashes going back to 07/08/2023 shows us that Athlone have won 2 of these and Finn Harps 3, with the tally of drawn games standing at 1.

20 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 8 of them from The Town and 12 created by The Harps. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.33.

The previous league encounter featuring these sides was First Division match day 30 on 06/09/2024 when the final score was Athlone 1-4 Finn Harps.

⚡ Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Finn Harps may not find it easy to score goals against this Athlone lineup who should be able to grind out a win.

We’re therefore seeing a very competitive encounter with a 1-0 winning margin for Athlone at the end of the 90.

Peter Guest, 19:03 28/03/2025